Three died and around 20 to 25 people are still trapped in the debris as 2 adjacent buildings collapsed in Shahberi village of Bisrakh in Greater Noida on Tuesday night. In cognizance to the incident, UP CM Yogi Adityanath directed officials to provide and ensure the proper help. NDRF and police teams are continuously trying to rescue the trapped people.

Two adjacent buildings in Greater Noida collapsed on Tuesday. As per reports, NDRF recovered 9 dead bodies and 20 to 25 people are feared trapped in the debris. The incident happened around 10 pm on Tuesday night in Shahberi village of Bisrakh in Greater Noida. After the incident, UP police arrested 3 people including builder Ganga Prasad Dwivedi.

Talking about the incident, a senior police officer said, “It is feared that 20-25 people might be trapped inside the debris of the two building. We are not sure about the casualty as rescue operations are underway.”

As per the local residents, 18 families and labourers were living in both the buildings. The rescue teams have recovered 3 male dead bodies, say reports. Taking cognizance in the matter, UP CM Yogi Adityanath directed state officials to ensure help in the relief operation.

An eyewitness, who lives nearby to the incident spot, said that around 10 pm last night, when he was having dinner, he heard a loud sound, first he thought that it was an earthquake but when he went out of his house, he saw that an under construction building has collapsed.

District magistrate of Greater Noida BN Singh said that NDRF and the police along with the health and fire department are trying to rescue to the trapped people. He also added that a high-level inquiry will be conducted to find the reason behind the incident.

Here are the LIVE updates of Greater Noida building collapse:

As per the latest information, UP police arrested 3 people including builder Ganga Prasad Dwivedi in relation to Greater Noida building collapse.

#UPDATE Building collapse in #GreaterNoida 's Shah Beri village: The three people who have been arrested in connection with the incident are the builder and his two associates

Latest visuals from Greater Noida's Shah Beri village where two buildings collapsed last night. Three bodies have been recovered so far. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Search and rescue operation is underway. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/CGMLUIgcdD

2 male dead bodies have been recovered. 4 NDRF teams & dog squad are present on the spot, chances of any victim being alive are scant. Operations will continue till all victims are rescued: PK Srivastava, NDRF Commandant on building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village pic.twitter.com/Llhi9SS5Ku

Locals have told us that the building that collapsed was constructed 2 years ago & many flats in it were not occupied. Investigation will be carried out in this matter: BN Singh District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar on building collapse in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village pic.twitter.com/mWSMKBOdMM